Do Regulators Consider Welfare When Assigning Spectrum Via Comparative Selections?

This study asks whether regulators consider societal welfare in assigning radio spectrum via comparative selections and also whether assignment competitiveness matters to regulators. The short answers are that regulators do focus on welfare goals in short and medium terms and vehicles to achieve the...

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Main Authors: Madden, Gary, Tran, Thien
Format: Journal Article
Published: Routledge 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31491
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description This study asks whether regulators consider societal welfare in assigning radio spectrum via comparative selections and also whether assignment competitiveness matters to regulators. The short answers are that regulators do focus on welfare goals in short and medium terms and vehicles to achieve these goals are fees and deployment obligations, respectively. Attempts are also made to reduce entry barriers via financial obligations. Also evident is that competitive assignments are desired by regulators.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-314912017-09-13T15:20:55Z Do Regulators Consider Welfare When Assigning Spectrum Via Comparative Selections? Madden, Gary Tran, Thien comparative selections spectrum assignment welfare econometrics This study asks whether regulators consider societal welfare in assigning radio spectrum via comparative selections and also whether assignment competitiveness matters to regulators. The short answers are that regulators do focus on welfare goals in short and medium terms and vehicles to achieve these goals are fees and deployment obligations, respectively. Attempts are also made to reduce entry barriers via financial obligations. Also evident is that competitive assignments are desired by regulators. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31491 10.1080/13504851.2012.752569 Routledge restricted
spellingShingle comparative selections
spectrum assignment
welfare
econometrics
Madden, Gary
Tran, Thien
Do Regulators Consider Welfare When Assigning Spectrum Via Comparative Selections?
title Do Regulators Consider Welfare When Assigning Spectrum Via Comparative Selections?
title_full Do Regulators Consider Welfare When Assigning Spectrum Via Comparative Selections?
title_fullStr Do Regulators Consider Welfare When Assigning Spectrum Via Comparative Selections?
title_full_unstemmed Do Regulators Consider Welfare When Assigning Spectrum Via Comparative Selections?
title_short Do Regulators Consider Welfare When Assigning Spectrum Via Comparative Selections?
title_sort do regulators consider welfare when assigning spectrum via comparative selections?
topic comparative selections
spectrum assignment
welfare
econometrics
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31491